The story
- Arabic · derived fromكَنِيسَة“church, synagogue”
- Aramaic · derived fromכְּנִישָׁא“gathering”
- kdr · borrowed fromכְּנִיסָא
- English todaykenesa
Borrowed from Karaim כְּנִיסָא (kǝnîsāʾ), from Aramaic כְּנִישָׁא (kənīšā, “gathering”), likely via Arabic كَنِيسَة (kanīsa, “church, synagogue”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.